Intra-industry benchmarking of SG&A expenses: A neo-institutional perspective
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SG&A reporting; Overhead costs; Neo-institutional theory; Cost allocation; Imitation behavior;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CSE-2007-10-20 (Economics of Strategic Management)
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